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Newfoundland Regulation 1999

NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 63/99

NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 63/99

Open Season Big Game Black Bear Hunting and
Snaring
Order, Labrador, 1999-2000
under theWild Life Regulations
and theWild Life Act

(Filed July
30, 1999)

Under the
authority of sections 38, 92 and 114 of the Wild
Life Regulations and the Wild Life
Act, I make the following Order.

Dated at St. John’s, July 30, 1999.

Kevin
Aylward
Minister of Forest Resources and Agrifoods

ORDER

Analysis

1. Short
title

2. Prohibition

3. Open
seasons

4. Special
licence

5. Bag
limits

6. Prohibition

7. Repeal

Schedule

Short title

1.This Order may be cited as the Open Season Big Game Black Bear Hunting and
Snaring Order, Labrador, 1999-2000.

Prohibition

2.The taking of black bear is
prohibited throughout Labrador except as provided for in this Order.

Open seasons

3.(1) The open seasons for black bear
hunting shall be

(a)in
the George
River and
Torngat Mountains Zones, August 10, 1999 to November
30, 1999 and April
1, 2000 to June
30, 2000; and

(b)in
the Labrador South Zone, September 1, 1999 to November
30, 1999 and April
1, 2000 to June
30, 2000.

(2)The
zones referred to in subsection (1) are described in the Schedule.

Special licence

4.Persons who have resided in the
Torngat Mountain Electoral District for a period of 6 consecutive months
immediately before applying for a licence may be issued a licence identified as
a special licence free of charge.

Bag limits

5.(1) The bag limit for residents
shall be 5 black bears of any age or sex.

(2)The
bag limit for non-residents shall be 2 black bears of any age or sex.

(3)Notwithstanding
subsections (1) and (3), female black bears accompanied by cubs may not be
taken by shooting.

Prohibition

6.A person shall not transport or
possess any firearms under the authority of a valid game licence without being
in possession of an outdoor identification card, or non-resident equivalent
card, issued to the person.

All that area
of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the
point where the 54° 00’ north latitude intersects the Labrador-Quebec boundary;

Then following
this boundary in a generally northerly and/or easterly direction to the point
where the most westerly of the rivers flowing into Hebron Fiord intersects that
boundary at approximately 58° 06’ north latitude;

Then following
the south bank of this river and the south shoreline of Hebron Fiord in a
generally easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean coast line;

Then following
this coast line in a generally southerly direction, including all offshore
islands, to the north bank of the mouth of the KanairiktokRiver;

Then following
the north bank of that river to the confluence with the Sail Lake Tributary;

Then crossing
the Kanairiktok River at the shortest distance to the east bank of the Sail
Lake Tributary and following the east bank of the Sail Lake Tributary to the
intersection with the Sail Lake Dikes, water control structures, on Michikamau
Reservoir;

Then following
a straight line to the north bank at the mouth of the McPhadyenRiver and MenihekLake;

Then following
the north bank of that river to the intersection with 54° 00’ north latitude;

Then following
the 54° 00’ north latitude due west to point of commencement.

(b)Torngat Mountains Zone

All that area
of Labrador, including adjacent offshore islands,
lying north of the George River Zone as described above.

(c)Labrador South Zone

All that area
of Labrador not included in the George River Zone
and the Torngat Mountains Zone described above.